PHOENIX -- Stewart Cink shot a bogey-free, 7-under 64 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the PGA Tour Champions' season-ending Charles Schwab Championship.

Third behind Steven Alker and Miguel Angel Jiménez in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points race, Cink closed with consecutive birdies at Phoenix Country Club.

Jerry Kelly overcame a bogey on the par-4 10th with eight birdies to shoot 65.

Alker was two shots back at 66 with Tommy Gainey , Jason Caron and Steve Flesch . Jimenez was tied for 15th after a 69.

Alker won the 2023 Schwab Cup and is the defending Schwab Championship winner, earning last year's tournament title as Bernhard Langer won the season championship. The 54-year-old Kiwi won twice on the PGA Tour Champions this year to en

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